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of t he Cotirt,of Madrid havinginstigated the Danish Clovernmetit to enter into that confederacy was sa tistaCiorily proved. The Noble. Lord alsO contend ed, that instead of being gainers, we should be losers by the. Baltic Expedition;. that the ships we bad brought home were nifit for service, or that to adfipt them to that service, WUI prove More 'expensive than preparing for sei.aS pally British ships; while wohad left Copenhagen with all her facilities for construe ing ships, collalirignp vpl stores, &C. • together with ti' population whose hearts and hands would for ever be turned against every view becoolll take - , of the measure, there,was nothing to prove its necessity, or to atone for its violence and . injustice. Be must, therefore, vote for the Address 'of his Noble Friend. Lord Botti'Nopori expressed his intention to sup port the Resolution propOsed by Lord Elliot, and cetitroverted and refuted the assertions of Lord 1101- land. Lord 1-ToLLANn shortly explained ; after which the queiaon was put, and , the House divided on Lord Darnley-'s Motion:. Contents, present 26-0 ioxies 25--51 Non• Contents, present 56—Proxies. 54—1t0 ' " . Majority 59 Strangers were not re-admitted after the first di vision ; but we understood that a short debate took place ofl Lord Elliot's Resolution, upon which the I - louse again divided, Contents, present 64 —Proxies 6r—t2s • Ntrn-Contents, present 29—Proxies Al 57 Isiajority Adjourned at half past , Ten .o'clock. 110 USE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY,' MARCH 3. it Committee was appointed by ballot to try and determine the merits of the Petition complaining of the Elettion and Return for the Borough of Gram totmd. The following Gentlemen compose 'the Committee,— - J. jetlery;Eiq . . . Shaw, Esq. it John D. King, Bart. Richard Benyon, Lord Duilerin, Charles . More, Esq. Nominees-4-Davies Giddy, Esq. Janes Montgnmery, Esq, Thomas Pries, Esq. Itob,rt Wigan, Esq. Sir Charles Price, N. 3/I'Nlimgliten, 'Esq. tVil;iarrt . Smith, Esq.' The Pilots' Regulation Bill passed through , a Com mittee, was reported, and the report was ordered to be taken into farther 'consideration this day fortnight, the Bill having been ordered to'be printed. The Marine Mutiny Bill was brought up, read a first time, and ordered to be tread a second time te 7 morrow , . Mr. Hustcrssonr, pursuant :to notice;- moved for and obtained leave to bring in-a:Bilh to enable the Commissioners under the .American:Treaty to with draw the balance in their hands from:the Bank, 'and to vest the 'same in Exchequer Mr. HORNEU gM ,, b notice of a Motion for to morrow, respe6ting Commercial Licences. - Ordered, on the Motion ofMr. TZGBILALD, that: there be laid before the House an , Account of,all Monies levied' by Grand Jury PresentMents in Ire land, from the period of the List Return• to the levy: at the Summer Assizes of the year .1807, distin guishing the sums raised for the 'Militia from those, raised for other purposes, It was ordered, on the Motion of,Mr that it be an instruaiott to the Committee appoint ed, to prepare and ,bring in the Sugar Drawback. Bill, that they have power.,to Mtroduce a clause :thereunto, for suspending the cohnterVailing Unties on. Refined Sugars imported into Great Britain. from Ireland, and also the Bounties Upon. the Exportation' ,of Refined Sugars from Great Britain to Ireland. — The Sugar Drawback Bill, and the Raw Sugar, Ex port Bounty Bill,, were then severally brought op hy Mr, Huskisson,, and read a first time ; to be read a second time to-tuorrow. 'rite RoPSII, on the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the 'EienaQUER, vas ordered to he called over on Tuesday, and , the visual baltot orderS ,for that day. ARMY RETURNS. Ordered, on the Motion of Mr.,Tteut4ev, that there be laid before the House a Return of the Num ber of Recruits raised for , the Regular Army, ex. elusive of Foreign Corps, in each month of kit year ' and in the corp.:spending periods:l)f, the three preceding years; also of the Number of Men rais• ed by Officers' and• Non.commissioned Officers 'of Volunteer' Covps, fbr the Regular Army, up to the Ist of Jan...lvy, 1868., SALT DUTY BILL. , ,The Ct s NcEt.t.na of - the .I?Actry,ckupti.' intimated to the florise, that he had received so inany'repre sentation from v;Ariotfiritiarter; upon th e At bj e o o f this Bill, that lit did not think it expc(liont to carry its provi,Sions into efreet, - and thereloro inste:ht of proceeding further w'ith it, 'ho propos4d'that.the der for reading the a Second time .this day he 'diScharged, and that the TiiU he mad a.seconci time this day three mouths.-- Ordered acCOrdingly. —APPOINTMENT OF MR. (0111+1 GIFFARD, Sir JOHN NEIPPORT, in rising pursuant to , his notice, declared, that it was his intention to QC.. cupy as little of the fitne of the House as possible, because the discussion of the, EillWjed to which his motion referred would be more properly entered into when tike Paper, he meant to move for should be bid before the. House, He therefore moved, if That there be hid before the House a Copy of the Patent appointing .144,,r: Girard .A.ccountant Ge neral of Customs. in Ireland, togother with a state- Merit ,of the Illatitiel ht Whii:3l the vacancy occurred; and also (opies...of Such ; Lettor'i or Orders as may rive been , Nritten by dirett)on of the Lord lierite mint of Ireland tcl ,the 13pard of Custonia:;:relative to the disn-absal of rvir....lotur Offact titan .the Office of Surveyor of Customs on tht, Quays of Dublin." Sir ARTHUR 11 - ELLES2.hY was of opinion, that the..ltight Hon. Baronet unght.to.have laid some Parliamentary ground hit the produaion of ,these Papers. Ho should have shown, either that the per 'son appointed to the Office w i an improper person to he appointed, or. that he ,had been incapable Of executing the duties of it, and therefoteunfit to be appointed. . Sir JOHN NEW had abstained train en tering info, the.disenssion more at length, in order to salve the time of the House, and he would under- , take - to sbew, if, the Papers he moved for should be granted, both that the former - dismissal of Mr. Gif sard was right and proper, awl that consequently he was not a fit person nio bc advanced to the oirice 'l,e now belei. ~-.• ITIELLESLEY'sfated, that the Gentl to ‘7Thoin the Flon.Aironet alluded had beenpit . sA. servant of the Crown, and had never been fbr any reason officially stated. He undountettyll - held opmidus upon- the subjed of the Cultolica,:iti....] common witli the majority of the inhabitants of. 0.01 United. Empire, and though 'he might . have'orged ,these opinii ns indiscreetly - , at a time 'when the sub-1 jest was under the consideration of Parliament, that .was,not a reason why he should be perpetually "chided 'troll); ; Office. The office of he !fad been deprive.d yielded him 7001: per annum, whilst ' that to which he had. been Since appointed produced only 6001, - per annum. As no ground had . been laid for the motion, he could see no use in producing the Papers called ,for.. ; , Mr. CROKERi•osO to state to the House the eir cutnstance- s.'of this peculiar ease, which stood on grounds,more,faveorable to 'Mr. GitTard than had been represented even by his Right Honourable Friend (Sir A. Wellesley), and, iii doing this, be trusted his principles and •charaCter would place his testimony aboVe all suspicion of being in-• fluenced by bigotry to a refigiouS party. He deered from MI% Galan - lon tbe sublet Which' eccasioued . his dismissal, but he must nevertheless assert, as he would hereafter prove, that dismissal to be very un • deserved:by. Mr. Gilfard, and very reprehensible on the part of those who had advised' it. The fadts of the case were these the year 180.5 a Petition froui • the Catholics of Ireland was presented tathis House„ praying Certain, indulgencies,; on this occasion , Mr: GifFard, who for 24 years had been an Officer of Reifettue; in Irelandi and -who i at.that moment was a Common Councilman of the Corporation of Dub , lin, copeeiving,that, he had a right to exercise his natural,and corporate frinchise, made a motion in the Hianie of Assembly of the CoreOration..of Dub lin, that the Corporation should present a couoter petition . to ParliaMent ; and for this offence, this mere exercise' of his undoubted privilege, he was dismissed from an office which he had so long and so respe4tahly felled, and which, had no sort of connex ion with his corporate functions or political senti ments, I see, said Mr. Oroker, that Gentlemen are , surprised at this statement, and seem to think such a preceeding . impossible. I atu sorry to assert it to have taken place just as I relate it, and will even add, that this harsh step was taken, by Lord Hard- ' Wicke, though, in point of lea, Mr.. Giffard. had not been informed that the attempt to move such a 'counter petition, would be disagreeable to his Go vernment. lam prepared tp argue,'that even had he been so informed, the consequent dismissal would 'have still been most unjust and tyrannical;. but evert t his shadow of excuse fitils Mr. G.'s disinissors., On the . day that the. Assenlbly of the Corponttiou was held, persOn holding a 1 official situation at the 'Castle of. Dublin came &ten to Me.. Giffin - Ws hOuse;: and asked to see hint ; hey was already gone to the:As sembly; this person then told a near relational Mr. GitEird's, that be wantect to tell him that Govern , meet, bad heard that he was that day to make a mo tion, which they wished to prevent, and that if he persisted in • doing so, they should 'take extreme measures With him; Alarmed at this,..Mr, Giffard's relation haStened to tile' House of Assembly to relate this measure, but arrived too faro. the already Made; and the ,very next tnorning.Mr, fard was dismissed from his otilCe. 'Really, that ally man .should venture to approve of such ae exer _ • cisc of power is surprising ; bat that the Honourable. Gentlemen Over the way, who proles?' theinselsotsi 'to be trierick' to the liberty of opinion. old the petitioning, should applaud the punishthent of all& fish subject, for an attempt to petition this Hons v , is the greatest of inconsistencies. Wtlat„ 'or,: we to .be told, that every Corporatur.is to exercie his:, natural rights only at the' will 'of the Govern ment, and that if he lu.ippens ta,displzise some great man, lie is to be dismissed from any calico: whiell he may hold, and be not 'only dismissed from 'it; but reedered forever incapable of aether. If there had been some connexion between, his Of flee. and his corporate capacity; if he held , the latter in - eight of the former, something- like an . argument might be raised for my Lard Hardwicke' s proceeds ing, but asthe case‘xcally I am dbligai to say eras, thatahe cenduCt of his, Governtrr at Wai, in ; this re speet, ten infringetnent af the liberties oftheaubjeCti, and 'the rights at, ColioratienS, and if . not . arhara,- ry, .at feast it was in the last degree indiscreet, Against the Petition . presented .by Mr. Gitilird should perhaps have vomit, bufugainst his or .any mutt's . betog di no for presenting it, I protest, and I believe I May say the . House will feel as I do on this subject:" I m informed, and will yeti t4ie tip assert, that a gear, map, Nff,Fia; now nu b tlf pily no more, thought .on this subje& as I ,do„ and he not only disapprove:.! ,of{Lord- Hardwicke'svert dm% but wished even to make - reparation to Mr. Gaud; and inconsistent would Mr. Fox have been had he held'any other opinion; he - whose wholeliiis had beer' employed in asserting the right of petition ing and in encouraging petitions, could not tam approve of a measure the; proscribed, not individu als alone, but corporate bodieS,' from. that fist of British privileges ; and I expect that after this state, mein, the Hon.:Gentleman over the way will be, convinced that 'as It was illegal and unjust to dismiss Mr. Giffard, so it Wes right and equitable to restore him.. Let it not be sand in excuse, that Mr. Gitf a rd's • language in - 'moving time • Petition was violent-the resolution of Government, to dinniss hint was taken . ' : befOre the 'Motion was made; it was the very act, and not . the manner, of which they disaeptmed, and it was the at and not the manner which they punished. Let it 'be also recollected that this moti o n has a teodetiCy to interfere with the power of the CroWn , in appointing its own ()dicers, a proceeding; time' Range will not tolerate•but upon grave and solid' grounds.: Are such &nods here laid? Is 'there any pretence 'that Mr. Gifford is not fit for hiS Office No •?. but fre is to linger under perpetual proicrip— tion and exclusion, because, without cansulting Ltird Hardwicke, he had the audacity to, move the first CorporatiOn in Ireland 'to petition this douse. I r Will Venture t,o'say, thar whether this case is- look et to in , its first aneasores, or in those nevi before us,'it will be tOund tube one of the extremest hard . ship and injusiice . that ever eatrip before P rti arliaen't,.' . , and that the house will therefore from overy:con-. siderationnegative , the mutton of" the Filon Barotiat. Mr.GEOLOEPONSO.N.DY had never bad •any political conflation with Lord Hard Wick, but had cnjOyed the honour of his acquaintance i r an d frwil obit he . , ..knew off; his betiov . ed 4,,a1; f 1p of akriting to,an arbitt:ot waiter. ~ 'sut it 3tti'AiticltOinentary groi - nd h: '1 =l 1, l bete*, the Abiociaitif of chit-L:l6, - ; GeolletnisLwas so lent,* rlkletv , he asserted that the candy of Loid-firard /''' was arhitrary, and in this the Hon. Gentle 14 4,O,..seeciied to have a, bpi!, far his ar,ltunent went 73g3itlit. his vote. Tile individual allude '1:m1)1y titlieb a' line of .condu6t, and uttered senti ments offensive and injurious to theCatholic, : tiqy„ 'and as he was an Acta / employed under the Go. 'verntuenc, it was. thought right to dismiss him, in' ordL•r7 to %guard - . the Gpverontent'ircim , being dered aa'approving of such - .condo& As to the 'question, whether the dismissalunder Stich citchni - stances ought 'to give rise - to 'a perpetual t.,xcinsiotf or the . individual, the ,Trieh and British public would d,xide, whether the condttA of the present Govern... meta; or of Lerd fltirdtvickei *as the more merito rious. He had been frequently consulted ,t)y that' great Statesman, Mr. Fox, whose lossi upon-„overy. account-is so much ..to. be lamentucti on tinp , st4e44, of the Catholics. He had enjoyed a considerable por tion of his confidence, but had neverlteard him say a word upon this subjeet. • • •• : I'ITZG.SII.OD had held an office.ander Lord 1-lardwieke's Administration ,in 'lreland, and could' not sit silent whilAt , suclia- charge was made upon, that Noblematfs - eanduCt; -which had . been chara4erised by impartiality, and had proved highly, serviceable to his country. The charges;made upon that iN9bletnan became an adtlitiohal;pnblicground for the produCtion of , the Papers. He detittti that Gilfard was a tree -agent, or acted sirnply.ft-fm. individual in 'hi corporate capacity in the •Conu9n Council of-Dublin.. fit had always been ctmsidered as the organ of Government .in that body, and was to guard the Government (rem the, iinfintation of abetting his violent, mischievous, and deskrate language and opinions; that had :been frnnid ne cessary to remove hitn frorn the (Mice he held Utitier Government. . ' Sir ARTHUR WRI I LESLEY explained. • , I.)e. EVAN ,tleprecated any attack 'upon ' Otecharaaer of,a gentleman who could not be.pre sent to defend himself. Tile 661 Mr. gitVatd; at a regtilar.quarterly, not an extraordinary meeting Of the most nonaerous Corporation in . Ireland, pro posed a Petition to Parlianient,*praying,,,the dernalids theCatholies, contained in a Petition %Opal was a tissue.ot. falshood lion - lone end to the other, and .which had' been so proved in that House, ni.iy not be granted; The issue of. that Petition was, the 41 - 0- Man Catholic Petition was rejedted, and' theTrayer of the PetitiOti.'of the Corporation' of 'Dublin grant ed. Ho hael.been so 'sensible of the niinstice done ' Mr.gitlard, that he had.aPplicti to the Governtnent, headed by the greatest man.this country. ever, pro ,duced, on his behalf, and had,a promise'ot _O more advantageous employment for him. Mr: Gitfard possessed but' an interior office in the Excise; - and could not beleoked 'Upon "as the organ of Giwern- . inent. He had been deprived of his office.for pro moting a.PetttlOn to I aniameat. Were the /for alone to be allowed this privilege, and y,sott,Ovo Protestants to be muzzled and not-suifered to V.'llig 'per their 6entiments ! or were the mob, th of Ireland, to beballood at; that portion of the pOSSeSSett49 parts Out of unc (a a.a.,04.,"0vty thc , 6'o4l*.tY; if dd. v,on Li 1 . 0 to:express 'their sentiments in a petition to Parlia itent.. He should' therefore oppose the motion. %Vas 'neither acquainted with •Mr. Gitfard nor Lord Hardwicke., and consequently, lit he entitled to as.muchnttention as the Learn-, et! Gentleman who had just Sat down.' That Gen-, Ili! tia n had - deelareddlitnself - the patron of-qtr. fkrd, auck that , 'he had 'negociated .the job which was rest or 4. lila) to oflice,—He'insistedoit' . wiis ti jdbi £ l lll. l lelit 1 P 1 )0 ( 1 that the 6tiqwtte ot that Hopsd,wa4 sci scrupulous with regtird ,to the .slightest itriptitation of mutt es \ resulting from . pecuniary. objects, ,whilst it could he the first Mini ter. of ,the Crown .1 - 10116(1 cheering the.etatomept, .to. .oisootaktt , o4 ance religious divisions was to halloo the beggary of bec6g, 'three - out of tour Millions of Ihe inhabitants of that Country, Against. th:•• Protest ants ; -nod this tou when the, cry ins l'o , r ay - hit Matte such a ssacre of the integrittof the Country. The . chirge of: an arbitrary, acA Lord . 1-lardwicke 4 wet, fi,t( ,an additional ground the ,produetiOn of the'PApets;', • ; AIr.,GII.I4'LIN condettinO, the apnointm r (!nt 'of . Mr, Gitfard to his present office, without ally `rd'- ferrice whateVerto his Political principles ; that - . bad ;taken,-,t inoit„actiro part in tittn . ontiog religloOlt .- !animosity, in Ireland. lteligions divisieris were dangerous, 'and particularly amongsttho middle classes. The goverunient . of 1 'H iid~vrclti heel. been extremely guild, ai.,l his principles extremely pure. Mr. I^4itfa . rd 'bad •beets removed' by Lotki Ilardwieke for prOrnotingreligioui discord, and his return to office. would be consideraas fin approvitl on the part of the present. Government of his con-•, dud exciting religions divisions. W`IIII v..T sh ould Cottle . .ti : 611) a m : Yiatc.,ration olDubliu he wonl.l treat with, respect. lint Mr, GU - J . 41 . 4 had nut acted es a corporator simply, he had previ'ously been no adive . partisan. fli4 restoration to office . .was-in the teeth of a ptioqiple. which Otight to be the rule of the Go vernment tit Iteland,to avoid prumoting,religious '1 !pd.a right to;cornplain .if thtme who were enemies fotheir'elairns and charac ters were advanced by Government.' If the Irish • Government should become a religious Parti.San, the English vvouldh be the Wo:se; Irish Govern ment. ought not to promote i man WllO hadlakon; such' . punts to keep . alivti.. the ieligions ,fedds Of the country, ► L . • 'liar 'Carl CEL LOR 1' Ole EX C lIEQI/ER said he should never he deterred by any taunts, trout' standinz up .in defenCe of what he conceived to he• right, and though be should. never holt) hir dtity, he should' not be forward to promote such iIiS CU3SWIIS fa.might give rise to religiotmdiyisiot4.. Tbe question-ought ,to be diacu l ,sed with temper, as he .was determined to discuss it ; and.if any man , could seriously osert . thap this Motion ought to be occeded to, he shoiild nothesititte to grata the Paptas lie. understood the 'grounds upour'which the lion. lia 7 ronet had. Moved .fortheie. p:ipbr3 tt, h iii It l u tnight ascertain" the daps of .the : u rv stor,ition theindividual allutiM to. he h.td more fully itt the wid:H - I'6ns IP-- sion, than. he would frivo front it produced, would only Mate the'dismissiii that of that individual. The lion. ,B4rititiot cs:;11::1 oot ::act ) kirit tbt! otitC-,:11,P1 been in , id . st.tict any corruption in the execution of 11 on 11 part,of the Gelqicman appointed. He had been di'imissed for having, .as a Corporitor, given On 'advice to the Corphratiou of Dublin, which was cannier to the wishes of Government. What would the dentlenten opposite think of him or his col-. 15agpt , ,-.11 they were to have deprived a Catholic of ofEee - Wirdtd, - triel - e.ly hecnrse - te pro . - moteci:a Petition from the C:ul4klice.. Wrn44l they Such a dismissal ought to operate as a per- . petnal exclusion of t; foil4iduat ? Without niein lug to give 'any OpiUl,Ori . ort the transaMon, be ad._ alittect:evert tiiittg tttat sidd ( witii'respeaff 6 the disposition of -J.mar l d „Hardwikf; and that' the Nobleman was* brat likely to •a6t in. art arbitrary man ner but his:Hon. Friend .haci ,i of said that the act was arbitrary; but that if not arbitrary, it was at lertSt indiscreet: - He enuldaSsu - re his Learned Friend thatliB` had not Cheered the sentinient to which he. had adverted, audit - was his v ish that whenever these questions should be braught under discussion, diet stiCiald be'discasBed wit It as much temper as pomityle: Dr: LAwnityclexplained.. Lord HENAFPk.,TI'r thought with the .Right • Hen: Genf,!email opposite, that the Catholic Qtlo- lion ought to be discussed temper.: As to the - subject then. under .disenssion, 'he was persuaded that -either the removal or the restoration Of ,Ntrat Gifrard,yvas wrong, and ought therefore to be in- .- quired *MI6: - But it Should'not be forgotten, that the fermer had been . the a& of a ',Government remark able-for, it*, justice 'and integrity. The Administra- tion in this COuntry had Continued n43(4,111960 that, event,' and yet nnthu g :had., . ) ".i4 d 6fti ont e; in a t f n t:er e case., It wa"' Ins oliittioti, .that if .MT -Pitt were still, ;Aire, he would.not base natice.d the restoration of the individnal tya 111 , 14 . been ,so dismisse4,--becaust Air. Pitt's policA bid . been to keep,down religlott Treland.—. The Rightlion. Gentleman had said thattno Polia" -mental.). grdt.irtilhad ::yid for ii.o `;-lotion; but he would say iltatithey for Ul f : Pnpers, in Order to,condeinn the.CoudVt .uf the present oov:et:intent in Ireland. The Gentlemen o : , yosite charged LoralLora l Hardwicke with nidiueretioll ant - injustice,' mid atilt • was a ?tUftici'eht gthrlttd for iciquiriu itat u the matttr. 'The the Ei.ctirAwita haVing Countenanced any charge tipon4be• eoutitat of Lord' Hardwicke-, • Rai l s contended.h. wt;; never the f the House to interfere with respedf to the removal of revenue officers. - • SIIITH 'congratulated tliolfarne4,"C' o 7 tor (Duigenan) upon - the severentid sarcastic rebtee he hid teceived froin the Chancellor of the ciner,‘ atICI-ObS6TVPO 11p011 ' ,the, injustice wit lf - ‘vhith. hr atiadv, a the charaaer of I.wrd. _ - 41sent, at a time when he 'was 'deprecating. any task upon his Otiut absent friend. He was of oitio:rii l the censures which had beentthrown. upon the Cozi-.. ,. :;t: 1 duct 'of Lord Hard wieke &Med a very material ground for the produainn of the ?Vers.., S.ir. JO TIN lii PORT Atnteit' - ti sit until 110V7 1. he had beeniguoptrit !lOW the vat.mocy noel oecorp.d. The theti. - Boards of Customs and . Phi.eise hstd.*•: ll the'office of Accountant hadaint.. ae.adinift ed, however, that in a Report of the CorritnissiiiPers, 'it Was suggested; that if the Boards should ever be • separated; .mush benefit would t>a ti l t ived trom di s dial mike of ~N(7,countttot•p&tterAi. lio this because he would not ditiskiise any part of the ease; and 'his 'motion 'had been so framed as to': ' !bring the Whdle inder, the - eatt-iderat ;wit. : rf -the I louse.; , Whether the ylate l ct,oat tilt had beet; satisfied with half his former, salary,- or. had . reirred superaonvaled,.lte - etitild trot asgert ; havebeen-more,teutporatt: niatiner in he' had'brought-this mutter forward. - contended' that Mr. GitfAr4 ll,td Eit3cin promoted.to- a higher t fief thin ;he bad bef6re 71'fie 115nourable Bailinet ex pres ed7his distipprohatien r of tire v jolt: 31 asieitiOng'wliielj led' :been useti against a'lo44e por tioir-of.tke •populution of Irelind, and - t itter 4:l l iig th4t 46Wtit`nents 'were a much better vitithority / 'l l7 , - A t s i l):o l l l. ' v ii - i t ( s i l l i o a p * n t e l r . .ii t t i b h . s e e t 'n'int.raktoholteisti.tuti:4k:oateeirt4r For , t lie V. (i 4 , Majwity - p;r,‘T t:.UF, $1i.41 1 . ir N .-0 1 !“. / t' / !, • • CAL(/{.l tose pursuant to:uotta 3 ; to- 0 , 11 ot . tii i eflotise, to what he:mils:4) sll : o. r' • ‘;', /),, ` 11(1 ' t -‘)111: tit;:; Of' grbss I c'ep ule most- important bFaneli, ortlre fititsll , : kfe had from varloti (11.1.iiteN received 'don ;na‘le it :.„ dot- tr the. matter tx,lwr- 11. - off the distributtuu_ok, ,;: ‘; -; r , ) cient men, in the formation • ric tr ation, the 7alllllatie)llCif tht! VV ed at the Board of Admiralty was the most AtAkinP - : : t n l i t r e:l t i i 6 uf aloe want of ability, experience, and dicr * etior , 'hal committed iti t 806,.hy t tie pobf:cLit v.)r,l'-)i I 1 " of Sir Hotne - Popham to be First: .._Capon 4 , 1 fje CtirlC at OiICC to before the abroad, att:l it had been 'stated particularly. tO) , .'i° , 4 : th 4 gallaut ,Otlicer, Sir Richard. Straehau,' ftnii.et.he It tohit4t gh,:ene:wiftlye,dratino oburrae,„ been obliged to leave h nin B isqueP.oati s , t v I,ere; he Was bloekading the French squadrons for moot o g provisi9n, rued that the en , w ..)my as enabled to put tosa' c")lls'2qll4"°°l Rb3ence. Neither r,:lioving sbil* ',4,fdliken sent Out to that-;sgitutdro l / 4 1, which via; tbe. best “rnode of supply, nor any 'supply_ by tranlperv, in the three months preceding the gai]ing or th 6 enemy ? If this should appear to be the tact, lll3 was infqrttuid the House would lattvc no as to the neglect he charged. Sir il.Stni chol became so much in Want, he, was under the Deco 4i1;5( Jo . avi t ug his anchorate, zind eruiz in 1 ". utter the tifSfilits which shoUld long br ft)le readied him. The allant' Admiral did . fill in with the Colossus and Superb , ari a tialiCpoi - t but the supprte3 snips bt,,,ught were nudequare ; he was 01 ,4 1iP_. to t;.,l:e twin the ships of th Ft: e rrol Stp.Occ f ;; all they could' spare, and 501 he was sa short of a tolerable "supply, th3t he was 11 0 -'",. 11 . to follow the enemy. So iriattenzivo acid 111°